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Coming up to two years since the $50bn Ponzi scheme of Bernard Madoff came to light, the US Department of Justice is auctioning Bernard and Ruth Madoff's possessions in a bid to raise compensation for those who invested in the scheme. Nearly 500 lots are up for grabs, including jewellery, art work, designer clothes and furniture. Here's a selection of items on offer from the auction, which is set to take place from today and continues over the weekend. For more information on the auction, and to see all the lots, click here

UBS, Goldman Sachs and the $10m high-yield research analyst

Swiss bank was dropped from initial public offering of GM after analyst sent out an unauthorised email, and will miss out on $10m in fees, but it could have been worse were it not for Goldman Sachs

Boutique research houses 'struggling' with business models

Independent firms finding it difficult to price their research and collect commissions four years after 'unbundling' was introduced by the UK financial regulator

Skill rather than inside track for short sellers

Short sellers cleverly use news flow to make a profit on tumbling stocks, but sustained performance is rare

The UK's Financial Services Authority will begin requiring firms to record the mobile-phone conversations of certain employees in its bid to crack down on insider trading.

News of a partial exit follows the appointment of a banking consortium last month

Advent International auction to software giant shows potential sign that trade buyers are 'becoming more active'

UK stockbroker, which is extremely bearish on investment banking sector, has hired ex-JP Morgan Cazenove man to cover the industry

Chris Hohn's hedge fund marks a return to activism after a one-year period of quiet – with the ousting of the chairman of an Australian energy company

Ex-Lehman team returns to US high-frequency trading at Nomura

This week the Japanese bank unveiled a new US trading platform with direct access to the market

Are the wealthy switching to Republicans?

A CNN exit poll shows that only 34% of voters with incomes of $200,000 or more voted for Democrats in the US mid-term elections

Commentary: Quant fund spin-off finally makes sense

One of the largest pension US funds decides against putting $2.5bn into commodities after missing rally

Fund mandates of the week: RCM, JP Morgan, Northern Trust

A brace of new pensions clients for RCM, plus a couple of fund-administration wins for JP Morgan and Northern Trust

Reasons to tread carefully in emerging markets

The not-so-merry band of pin-wielders taking aim at what they fear is an inflating bubble in the developing world continues to grow

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People in the news this week

Bernie's lot up for auction

UBS, Goldman Sachs and the $10m high-yield research analyst

Boutique research houses 'struggling' with business models

Skill rather than inside track for short sellers

UK to require firms to record cell calls

TDC plans exit

Trade buyer snaps up Sophis for €435m

Evolution hires banks analyst

TCI returns to activism

Ex-Lehman team returns to US high-frequency trading at Nomura

Are the wealthy switching to Republicans?

Morgan Stanley goes by the numbers

Calstrs reins in plans for a big bet

Fund mandates of the week: RCM, JP Morgan, Northern Trust

Reasons to tread carefully in emerging markets